A month ago, Quibi threatened to sue me and take down my podcast about Quibi. Then Jeffrey Katzenberg called.
QuibiverseEarly on, we had some suspicious hiccups. A lawyer for a “new streaming service” started following us on Twitter. Several Quibi employees followed us, but never interacted with us. Twitter temporarily suspended our account, citing “impersonation,” despite us writing very clearly “we are NOT QUIBI” in our bio. After appealing the decision, Twitter reinstated us. We continued to spit hot garbage takes about how excited we were for Quibi’s upcoming launch.
We went through our options. Should we just stop talking about Quibi? Should we podcast exclusively about Quibi’s competitors? Should we stop podcasting entirely ? We took some time off and thought about it. Finally, we decided we weren’t going to be silenced by a $2 billion mobile phone streaming company that greenlit a show about
We scheduled it quickly, so that we wouldn’t lose our nerve, and J Katz wouldn’t realize he was about to waste 30 minutes on a Saturday talking to two idiots. When the day came, we were freaking. Rob drank two bourbons. Danielle cracked open a beer. When Katzenberg showed up to the Zoom call, he was still shrouded in Hollywood mystique, and by that we mean he “forgot” to turn his camera on so we couldn’t actually see his face. For all we know, it was a Katzenberg impersonator.
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